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Noun
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Both Toth’s notoriety and his victimization stem from Corbet’s flirtation with diabolism as the essence of civilization.—
Armond White,
National Review,
3 Jan. 2025 -
Whatever their theme — spectral invasion, diabolism, shape-changing — Blackwood expertly builds up an atmosphere of the otherworldly coupled with the spiritually threatening.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
9 Dec. 2020
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When Hedda and Eileen were wild together, Eileen’s drinking and carousing was a problem, but she’s put all that wickedness behind her, mostly thanks to the love of Thea Clifton (a delicate Imogen Poots), who has also just arrived at the mansion for the world’s worst party.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
8 Sep. 2025
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Starring Tatiana Maslany and Rossif Sutherland, the two-minute clip teases a relationship on the brink, influenced by the unfolding wickedness around the couple.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Another classic Halloween costume with plenty of room for creativity is the infamous evil clown, Joker (Joaquin Phoenix).—
Emma Kershaw,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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The Bible never calls wine evil – only the overindulgence of it.—
Lauren Green,
FOXNews.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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That was really what helped me into the character and into her evilness.—
William Earl,
Variety,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Bloody Mary singer has never publicly expressed interest in satanism, and has been vocal about her belief in Christianity.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
People.com,
6 May 2025
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With townspeople convinced that the athlete was sucked up by the waves of satanism spreading across the country, a group of outcasts in a band named Dethkrunch decides to lean into the panic, turning the members into targets themselves.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
23 Oct. 2024
Noun
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So was the enormity of all that was lost, an era that has ended.—
Charlotte Varnes,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Despite its enormity, the Peasants’ War and its bloody defeat have been forgotten in recent years.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
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Their entrance featured Black's hard-hitting music along with darkness and smoke on the stage.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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In the forests of northern Vietnam, researchers on the hunt for frogs trekked through the dense leaves and trees under the cover of darkness .—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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He was joined by Ali Abbas and Ali Ayyoub, two former ministers of defense facing sanctions for human rights violations and atrocities carried out during the conflict.—
Danny Makki,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Only instead of ignoring or burying this awful truth, Kai travels the world, speaking at synagogues and in Jewish community centers about his family’s dark past — and at high schools and colleges to ensure that the atrocities of Nazi Germany are never forgotten or sanitized.—
Johnny Dodd,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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